#539B97#539B97

#539B97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.073 H 190.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#539B97
RGB	rgb(83, 155, 151)
HSL	hsl(177, 30%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(177, 46%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 0%, 2.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.45, -23.55, -4.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.45, 24.05, 191.79°)
OKLab	oklab(64.16% -0.0715 -0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(64.16% 0.073 190.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.8723, 27.5143, 33.4831)
Luminance	0.2752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#539B97 #9B5357

analogous

#539B73 #539B97 #537B9B

triadic

#539B97 #97539B #9B9753

tetradic

#539B97 #73539B #9B5357 #7B9B53

square

#539B97 #73539B #9B5357 #7B9B53

split-complementary

#539B97 #9B537B #9B7353

monochromatic

#284B49 #3E7370 #539B97 #76B5B2 #9ECBC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#539B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#539B97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #539B97

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##539B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##539B97	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949497

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878B98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F9E9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #539b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 155, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.073 190.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b8b5',
    500: '#539b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #539b97;
$custom-light: #89b8b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#539b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.667,
    "s": 30.252,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64163,
    "c": 0.07277,
    "h": 190.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#539B97

secondary

#B89294

accent

#6167C6

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #539B97

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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